- 70% of all Irish barley grown goes towards the production of Guinness beer.
- The little hole in some sinks that lets the water drain out instead of flowing is called a 'porcelator'.
- The number Pi (the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle) can't be expressed as a fraction, making it an irrational number. It never repeats and never ends when written as a decimal.
- The dollar values on the board game Monopoly have been the same since 1935.
- You're more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
- Deers don't like hay.
- Turnips turn green when sunburnt.
- If a Donkey and a Zebra have a baby, it is called a Zonkey.
- One is the only number with letters in reverse alphabetical order.
- The typical wave height from Pacific tsunami is between 6 - 9 metres.
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